Lord Forbes of Pitsligo was a title in the Peerage of Scotland

Peerage of Scotland

The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...

. It was created on 24 June 1633 for Alexander Forbes. He was a descendant of Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes (see the Lord Forbes

Lord Forbes

Lord Forbes is the senior Lord of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland. The title was created sometime after 1436 for Alexander de Forbes, feudal baron of Forbes. The precise date of the creation is not known, but in a Precept dated July 12, 1442, he is already styled Lord Forbes. Brown's 1834...

). In 1746, the fourth Lord was attainted for his involvement in the Jacobite Rising of 1745

Jacobite rising

The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in Great Britain and Ireland occurring between 1688 and 1746. The uprisings were aimed at returning James VII of Scotland and II of England, and later his descendants of the House of Stuart, to the throne after he was deposed by...

, with the lordship forfeited.

The seat of the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo was Pitsligo Castle

Pitsligo Castle

Pitsligo Castle is a ruined castle half a mile east of Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.It originated as a 15th century keep on the south side...

 in Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...

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Lords Forbes of Pitsligo (1633)

• Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (d. 1636)
• Alexander Forbes, 2nd Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (d. c.1690)
• Alexander Forbes, 3rd Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (c.1655–1690)
• Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo
  Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo
  Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo was a Scottish Jacobite nobleman and refugee, also known as a writer.-Life:He was the only son of Alexander Forbes, 3rd Lord Forbes of Pitsligo, by Lady Sophia Erskine, third daughter of John, ninth earl of Mar, and was born 22 May 1678...
  
  (d. 1762) (forfeit 1746)